Thursday brought another sunny day that pushed the thermometer to its highest this month with a maximum of 25.8C, which is 7C above the mean. Cloud built up late afternoon with thunder first heard at 19.16 followed by a light shower amounting to 0.6mm just before 9pm.
A cloudy start to friday but the difference being that the wind is now from the northwest with a consequent drop in temperature and a drier air with the lowest humidity at 08.00 for three weeks of 92%.
Yesterday brought another day of summer like weather with 8.4 hours of strong sunshine, the second sunniest this month, and a maximum of 25.6C, the highest temperature this month, which was 7C above the mean for September. The temperature dropped away overnight to a minimum of 11.6C. Dawn broke with glorious sunshine but fog drifted in from the north just before 08.00 with visibility down to 200m.
Yesterday stared with blue skies and strong sunshine but just before 11.00 cloud started to arrive from the south heralding an afternoon of thunderstorms. At 12.40 the first rumble of thunder was heard as the storm approached that reached its climax mid-afternoon with frequent lighting, at times overhead, that temporarily zapped my weather station and shut off the main electricity supply for a time. The barometer dropped over 3mb after midday to the lowest this month although rainfall was a modest total with 1.4mm.
A very warm and moist night followed with the lowest temperature at 15.4C rising quickly to 17.7C at 08.00.
Although the barometric pressure is the lowest this month the continental air pushed the temperature to a maximum of 22.9C yesterday but combined wth much higher humidity. A very mild night followed with a mmimim of 14.6C, which is 6C above the mean for September. The strong sunshine was at a minimum yesterday, only 0.6 hours due to the thicker cloud at times.
Dawn broke today with strong sunshine and minimal cloud producing a temperature of 15.8C at 08.00.
With 9.65 hours of strong sunshine yesterday it was in direct contrast to previous cloudy, wet days. As a result the thermometer rose to 19.7C. which is 1C above the mean for September. After much blue sky yesterday, cloud drifted in overnight blocking sunshine at dawn.